Oregon vs. Harvard

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  Albuquerque morning journal, Albuquerque, N.M., January 2, 1920, page 1

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  BATTLE ROYAL ON GR|OIRON : IS WON BY HARVARD 7 To 6 Great Football Game Between East and West Played at Pasadena in Presence OF a Vast Throng. EASTERN TEAM GETS ONE CLEAN TOUCHDOWN Oregon Loses Choice of Po- Sition But Fights Gamely For Every Inch of Ground From First to Last. tsY MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wiRgl Pasadena, Calf. Jan. 1.---Harvard’s football team, coming out of the east to defend their athletic supremacy against Oregon of the west. held their laurels today by narrow margin, winning the annual game featured by the Tournament of Roses here. with score OF Z to 6. The Harvard points were gained on touchdown by Church and q clean goal from touch down by A. Horween, while Oregon’s points came from goals from the field by Steers and Manerud. Harvard won the toss and elected to receive and take the south goal. Steers kicked to HorWeen, who reccived on his 25-yard line and ran the ball back five yards. r. Horween fumbled and Oregon recovered on Harvard’s 30-yard line. Huntington made two yards through tthe line and then went around LETT tackle for twenty yards. The ball was ION Harvard’s 26-yard line. Steers made two yards by u line play but Oregon was penalized fifteen yards for holding. Brandenburg made yard on line play. Steers bucked the center of the line for seven yards. The ball was on Harvard’s 29-yard line. Time was taken out for Anderson. Goes Back to Harvard. Anderson came up in a moment and Oregon failed on a forward pass and Steers failed on a drop kick from the 3S-yard line. The ball went to Harward on 20-yard line. Casey made two yards through right tackle. r. III IN line. Brandenburg went through center for three yards and Hunting ton off left tackle for five. Brandenburg failed to gain and Steers kicked over Harvard’s goal line. The ball was returned to Harvards 20-yard line, Harvards ball. Casey circled left end for sixteen yards. A. Horween bucked the line for two yards. Casey fumbled, “ Jaeobberger recovering on Oregon’s 47-yard line. Jacobberger then made two yards through left end. Oregon’s ball. Steers circled right end for eight yards. The ball was on Oregons As yard line. Oregon Scores Gain. Huntington bucked the center OF the line, making first down on Harwards 46-yard line. Steers thrust off bled. Harvard recovered the ball on Its 4O-yard line. r. Horween bucked for two yards. To this time the plays had nearly all attempted gains through the line. or short end runs with little passing and few kicks. r. Horween went through the line again for another five yards. The ball is now on Ore CONS 35-yard line. An attempted for ward pass, Horween to Casey, netted nothing. r. Horween’s drop kick was block ed, Oregon recovering the ball near the center of the field. Church ‘replaced r.. Horween. Jacobberger made ten yards on a trick play around right end. Huntington proved good for three yards. Bran denberger made two yards and Steers three on line bucks. Steers went through right tackle for three yards and again for five, carrying the ball to Harvard’s 2S-yard line. Jacob berger failed to gain on an attempted trick play. Steers made four yards through left tackle. Steers circled left end for four yards. Fourth down, two yards to go The ball was on Harvard’s 20-yard line. Huntington plunged through the center of Harwards line for four yards and failed to gain through the line. Steers made three yards through left tackle. BAH on Harvard’s 15-vard line. Attempt Forward Pass. Oregon attempted forward pass, but the whistle had blown so the quarter ended with the ball in Ore gon’s possession on Harvard’s Toyard line. In the second period Steers was thrown for a four-yard loss on an at tempted run around right end. Steers kicked field goal from the 20-yard line, Score. oregon 8. Harvard 0. A. Horween kicked to Oregons 5-yard line. .Jacobberger received the ball and ran 1t back twenty yards. Two probes at the Harvard line failed to net any distance, Steers punted to Murray who ran the ball to Oregon’s 40-yard line Casey made seven yards off right tackle. Church, carrying the ball, was thrown for a loss of two yards in an attempt to round left end MUIR ray made forward pass to Casey for a 25-yard gain. putting the ball on Oregon’s 35-yard line. A. Horween

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  New Britain herald, Connecticut, January 2, 1920, page 20

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  |RVARD DEFEATS | OREGON ELEVEN erners on Long End Of 7 to 6 Ire Before Mammoth Crowd East with almost every chance 2. ], the Harvard eleven won al |c srlLlror struggle from Oregon l yussesfiey afternoon by to 6. the- Easte~a team ever has been Ito win a Tournament of Roses |st. The game was the chief oc 1hcYanpual carnival, and was E l;amidkcolorful surroundings be- ht frenzsed crowd of 33,00O per el contest was a football game in sense of the word. Overhang- Ipuds and cool weather. strange Is land of perpetual flowers, to lessen the enthusiasm of the tors, and, in addition. aided the Ion combination materially. Thc kd.ng rain which Oregon sup -s thought would help their horses” failed to materializc. Harvard team throughout ! much the same game that jt ye,l in the Yale and the Prime Patests last fall. Murray to Casey l |rG passes were mixed into |, E that carried Il .strCng ruun:- and well planned strategy. versatile attack of the Eastcrj:- |Rs met by stalwart defense from n. The fighting qualities of th Tn defey:ders were eNemplifei last minute of play, when HaT- ,separated by inches, from d touehdown, was held for Haryard’s points were scored touchdown by Church and goal ] by Arnold Horween. Steers Oregon team kicked one goal he field and Manerud. who re- Steers later. sent the ball be- the goal posts for a second koal. All the scoring was done second period. gon had well balanced attack. ut it’s overhead game and it’s ky failed. The much heralded ‘‘ signals were Q negligible fac kneyer Oregon penetrated liar territory to any great extent rimson defense always braced 1 brid he Western offense back. arvard’s Teamwork ENccls. yards victory was due as much l erior team work, based on eN- | ee gained on Eastern fields. as other single factor. The su- weights of the Crimson play l |med to have little to do with it, l B from the way their opponents kainst line smashes. Speed was 1 divided, the backs of the op- tY1e tn with equal facility In inter and blocking the Fasteners tshade the better of it. erday’s game was character both greater spirit on the part XspectatorS and better efforts on l rt of the players than any pre- i Tournament of Roses contest. 1 ontaneity Of the Harvard wells | ,Es might have made one think nis was a Yale game back in adiuna but for the unfamiliar ndings. Harvard alumni from r the vast region designated as ! acific coast section” flocked l to witness the sight of a Har- potball team in action. Many e men had not seen a Crimson 1 since their undergraduate days 1 was only natural that they be filled to overf1owing with rit of the old days. Fisher did not disappoint these ing sons, hungry for Harvard |. The team that he put upon Id yesterday played with all of game dash and perfection that parent in the big games back East last November, when Ion was tied and Yale defeated. Crimson rally in the second following the first Oregon l bal Casey completed forward with all of the easy abandon arnctcrized his work in tying. &nceton game. kdering the fact that this is the fne that either team has played November. the smooth work of 1 eyens was amazing. The Har- , an seemed a bit nervous and kious at the start but they soon Themselves and displayed an &ble game. bberGer. Huntington and Man raIcd Steers as stars of the Ore re aga tion. The support rendered r teammates was of the best. punted and bucked the line tanner that made him the fla <bf the Oregon supporters and e was forced out by an injury knerud went in, the latter ran demon. punted in remarkable 1 ousidering his small size and and hucked the line so strong he smashed through time after Harvard the Horweens were the stars. Eddie Casey, their lte back of the line, worked hd successfully. There was no l ,pment of any particular style “. both teams using the forward punts, line formations, few plays and all other usual tactics. Harvard Alumni Oycrjoyed. ile tho annual tournament foot anne is the bis event of the day. lme nthe past ever held full as did the contes> yesterday. The city had collegiate big-game [ rather than the carnival spirit

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  Evening public ledger, Philadelphia [Pa.], January 2, 1920, page 17

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  10000 JACK DEMPSEY WON’T DUCK THE ORA HARVARD HAS SCORING PUNCH EARLY TO WIN OVER OREGONZANS, 7–⁠6 Aerial Route Starts Crimson, and Church, Substtu,e Scores for Hmuard-Oregon Kicks T,oo i. Goals and Misses -Four misplays by Harvard when Murray.s forward pass to Casey, the Crimsoe teams big winning play all season which saved the Princeton game anS won the Yale game, grounded, Thers was nothing to do but try drop kicIp so Ralph Horween essayed one fron his 46.yard line, but the Orerobion. flashed through, blocked the kick thras Horween heavily and Williams apd Brick Leslie recovered the ball for Ore. gon at midfield. Horween was SO badl, injured they had to take him out q, the game, Church going in in his place, Oregon Gains Ground The accident seemed to take the bee,, out of the Crimson players for the tins being for in spite Of loyal support Nv rooters the team gave ground steadily before the rushes of Jaccoberser ana | Brandenburg, until the enemy had ths ball on Harvards 2S-yard line far = first down. Drives by Steers and Hun tington made it first down on the Grim. son 17-yard line. The period closed with Oregon holding the ball on Har. wards 15-yard line. The second period had hardly started before Oregon scored by Steers dropping a goal from the field from the 27-yard line. | l. lent signal play, putting the ball in pla, before the opponent is set, fiazled, Steers making but 2 yards. Oregon was forced to punt. Casey made yards on n fake kick, but when Church essaved to repeat the play he was chased across the field and outside for loss Of 3 yards. Murray, however. was equal to tbe emergency and uncorked thrilling for. ward pass to Casey. which made “a yards. and after 2yard plunge by Ar. mold Horween, the Harvard captain. threw another forward pass to Casey making it first down for Harvard on Oregon’s 19-yard line. .- Harvard Scores Touchdown “ An offside bv Oregon gave Harvard x yards. Casey planted the bail Oh the 12-yard line by dash through Bart lett, and Church went over for q touch. down on fake kick, going through Bartlett for II yards, planting the ball squarely behind the goal posts. Arnold Horween kicked the goal. 1t was then nip and tuck until Steers, on silent play. went around Desmond for 26 yards. He was thrown heavily by Murray and Church and so badly injured he had to be taken out Of the game, Skeeter Menrud weighing l45 pounds, taking his place. Menrud’s first play was an attempted drop kick from his 81 yard line. which was blocked, Brick Leslie saving the ball for Oregon. Desmond threw Bran denburg so hard on the next play, for a 6yard loss, that the left halfback had to be taken out Of the game. Oregon lost 2 yards for taking too much time. She then punted tnd Church returned the punt. Harvard was pen. allied Is yards for roughness. placing the ball on her own 80. yard line. Ore Then Huntington crashed through Hav. emeyer for IA yards, planting the bal on Harvard’s 15-yard line, while th, Oregon rootcrs yelled frantichlly for I touchdown Three rushes and an over. time penalty of 2 yards put the bal on Harvard’s 7-yard line. Then Ore gon was set back 15 yards for holdini and Manerud after 2-yard loss dropped a goal from the field from. th, 2S. yard line. Brandenburg ran Hot. ween’s kick off back from his 5-yart line to the 81 yard line. Murray maxim. the tackle, Manerud went around Steel fifteen yards in the same place. clos ing the second period and first half O. the game. The second half of the game founc Harvard holding like a rock whenever her goal was in danger, forcing Oregon to resort to drop kicking, none of which succeeded. With five minutes to play in tn. fourth period, Harvard, starting will the ball on her 20-yard line. droy’ steadily down the field to Oregon 1-yard line. With / yard to make fo touchdown, Horween was given tb, ball, and to many It looked as thougl he went over the line, but Referee Varnell ruled against Harvard and gav’ the ball to Oregon on her 1-yard liu’ just us the period closed.

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  Evening capital news, Boise, Idaho, January 2, 1920, page 1

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  HARVARD TR|uMPHS BY SMALL MARGIN OVER COAST TEAM Eastern Football Champs Take New Year Game From Ore gon 7 to 6-Both Miss Fur ther Chances to Score. Pasadena, Cal, Jan. 2.-Eastern football supremacy was upheld when the Harvard gridiron team defeated Oregon university here yesterday by a score of to 6. One lone touchdown forced over the line by Church of Harward proved the winning play for the men who, came 5000 miles to play the northwest champions before the largest crowd of football fans that ever witnessed a game on the Pacific coast. Oregon’s six points were made through field goals, Kicked by Steers and Manerud! Late in the last quarter. oregon perhaps lost it’s chance to win the game when attempts to kick soa by both Steers and Manerud failed CRIMSON STARS SHINE. When the final whistle blew the ball was within a few inches Of the Oregon goal line. with both teams fighting like demons. The Horween brothers and Casey of Harvard were the outstanding lights OF the Crimson team. The line buck ing of A. Horween especially in the last period was a revelation to the fans, who thought Harvard’s chances for victory were greatly lessened when Ralph Horween was taken out OF the game through injuries. Bill Steers, the 1S0-pound Oregon quarterback, was the star of the Lem on-yellow. His punting out -distanced the Harvard kickers. SLIGHT ADVANTAGE. The advantage in weight averaging 10 pounds per man held by the Harward team failed to give them a much better showing at hitting the line. Haryard lost the ball on downs, six inches from the Oregon goal just before the final whistle. Neither team was able to carry the ball through consistently until near the end of the final quarter, when Harvard staged momentary procession down the field. The early periods were marked by frequent punting by both sides. Sew eral fumbles and a number of attempt ed forward passes gave the crowd sew eral anxious moments. Harvard’s victory was due to slightly superior team work, in the opinion of football experts. The Oregon players overcame the Crimsons advantage in weight with the wonderfully game fight, but they lacked the machine like team play which was shown by the Crimson. ss E&

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Harvard leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.